TEM combined with in-situ capabilities is an excellent way in which to follow the behavior of nanoscale materials in the presence of an external stimulus, be it heat, magnetic field etc. In this presentation I will discuss some of the applications that we have made of the TEM as a laboratory. These will include following the magnetization reversal process in magnetic nanostructures, following the crystallization behavior of phase change materials, and the effect of annealing on nanoparticles.

Bio Sketch
Dr. Petford-Long received her BSc in physics (Hons Class 2i) from the University College London in 1981 and the D.Phil from University of Oxford (Structural studies of various beta-aluminas) in 1985.

Her professional experience / postdoctoral research appointments from 1984 until 1986 at the Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Arizona State University, and then from 1986 until 1993 in the Department of Materials, University of Oxford; a Royal Society University Research Fellow, a Reader in Materials; Tutor for Materials, Corpus Christi College, a Professor of Materials, a Tutor for Engineering and Materials, and Tutor for Graduates, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Curremtly she is a Senior Scientist, at Argonne National Laboratory, and Adjunct Faculty member, Materials Science Department at Northwestern University.

Honors and awards:
2001 - Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Chinese University
2003 - Wolhfarth lecture prize
2005 - Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Each year Amanda gives several invited presentations at international materials science meetings and a number of invited seminars at universities, research institutes and industrial research labs. Dr. Petford-Long has >230 publications.